Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient

  1. Law
  2. USC 33
  3. Navigation And Navigable Waters
  4. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
  5. PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY
  6. Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient

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§626. Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient

Whenever the appropriations made, or authorized to be made, for the completion of any river and harbor work shall prove insufficient therefor, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, apply the funds so appropriated or authorized to the prosecution of such work.

(July 25, 1912, ch. 253, §8, 37 Stat. 233 ; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501 .)

Codification

Section is from part of section 8 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912. The omitted part of such section 8 was set out in section 625 of this title.

Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501 . Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641 . Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Similar Provisions

A similar provision was contained in act Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509, §1, 34 Stat. 1073 .


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